Thursday, February 23, 2012

Jalan jalan second leg 走透透第二站

1. To visit the Democracy Tree2. To visit Hee Yit Fong’s house in Jelapang (outside Ipoh). He brought with him 2 rotten eggs.

The first one was easily fulfilled.

The second one was not able to realize because Hee Yit Fong is no longer staying in her old house. Since her crossing over from Opposition to the ruling Barisan National causing the collapse of Pakatan Rakyat state government (rumoured she got millions in return), she exiled herself to avoid the wrath of the people who trusted her.

After Ipoh, our next destination were Permatang Tinggi, Butterworth and Penang.

Pauline has finally able to meet Action One A1 proprietress Ms Lily Tan at her factory in Permatang Tinggi Industrial Area. She has been buying curry paste from her for the past 3 years ... ordering through phone and collection through our 2 god son-in-laws George Ying and Gary. It is a export quality paste for our own consumption.

Before crossing Penang bridge, we visited my God-daughter Anna Ailing's father Mr. John Lee in Butterworth. He was happy to welcome us. He braved the rain and rode on motorcycle to buy us "xiangbing" .

Crossing Penang Bridge at about 5:00 pm, we headed towards Balik Pulau. Fr. Martin, the parish priest of the Holy Name of Jesus Church has prepared a place for us for the night.

We visited some old Sisters at the Infant Jesus Convent next to the church. Among them were Sr. Lucy Wong (83), Sr Anna (89) who served in Kajang before.

Being Ash Wednesday, we attended the Ash Wednesday Mass and received ashes on our forehead. It signified the start of the season of Lent in our Catholic Church.